Climate Change Kimberley

Climate & related environmental changes expected

CSIRO classified the Kimberley subregion according to Hobbs et al. classification as ‘Tropical warm-season wet’ (where the moisture index & growth index is high in the warm season and low in the cool season), and the subregion is classified as ‘tropical’ according to ABARE (2012). In this region the most likely impacts of climate change will manifest as: